Breaking ground: Could geometry offer a new explanation for why earthquakes happen?
Researchers are adding a new wrinkle to a long-held belief about what causes earthquakes in the first place.
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Researchers are adding a new wrinkle to a long-held belief about what causes earthquakes in the first place.
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University Park PA (SPX) Feb 12, 2024 - Rocks once buried deep in ancient subduction zones - where tectonic plates collide - could help scientists make better predictions of how these zones behave during the years between major earthquake
<p>Rocks once buried deep in ancient subduction zones — where tectonic plates collide — could help scientists make better predictions of how these zones behave during the years between major earthquakes, according to a research team from Penn State and Brown University.</p>
ORONO -- Creating new, more accurate methods for quantifying the stress and flow rate experienced by deforming rocks at the boundaries of moving tectonic